Roosevelt seeks four new battleships in navy push
President Roosevelt urges Congress to fund four up to date battleships, arguing Hague Conference failed to curb armament and that a stronger navy safeguards peace. He notes arbitration treaties as preventive tools but warns avoiding war does not justify disarmament. He also vetoes a dam bill and calls for regulated grants of water power to the nation.
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Congress
Roosevelt
China
Great Britain
United States
President Roosevelt on water power rights
The President argues that water power is a public heritage and calls for cautious development of electricity transmission. He warns against monopolies and burdensome conditions that would hinder utilization of this natural resource.
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Army
Congress
Roosevelt
Venezuela Sues American Citizen over Sequestered Property
Garacas April 15 The Venezuelan government sues Ambrose H. Carner American citizen and former receiver of the New York and Bermudez Asphalt company to compel an accounting of four years administration of the sequestered property Bond set at 200000, preventing departure from the country pending trial
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Garacas
Ambrose H. Carner
New York and Bermudez
Carner
Paper Trust Under Government Investigation
Washington reports the paper trust is under inquiry with a secret status. Attorney General Bonaparte answers a House resolution seeking DOJ action to break up alleged conspiracy among print paper and wood pulp makers, signaling possible court action if proof is found.
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Paper Trust
Bonaparte
House
Department of Justice
Battleships Return to American Waters After Southern Cruise
The American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas returns to California, anchoring off Coronado beach after a four day, 16 ship visit. A busy program includes dinners, picnics, and theater for officers and enlisted men. Governor Gillett and Jim Jeffries plan open houses in Los Angeles with a banquet featuring Jerez sherry. The fleet leaves Santa Barbara for Santa Cruz before Monday.
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Cal
Chas. M. Thomas
Homesters
Coronado Beach
California
Jim Jeffries
Governor Gillett
Los Angeles
San Pedro Bay
Jeffries
Broadway
Alexandra Hotel
General
San Pedro
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Broker Reclaims Bank Loss in Cashier Scandal
Chicago April 16 Charles W Gillette a broker at 115 Adams st has paid 22500 to the directors of the First National Bank of Seymour Wisconsin to settle a suit seeking nearly 50000 lost in speculation by a defaulting cashier Thomas Coghill the cashier is serving a five year term at Leavenworth Kansas Coghill had illegally paid out bank funds and the settlement ends the case without trial in Judge Landis court system this marks a first in US history for recovery from a broker in a bank cashier loss
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Charlies W. Gillett
Adams Sr
First National Biains
Seymour
Wis
Landis
Thomas Coghill
Teavenworth
Kan
Officer's Wife in Name Only Divorced
Lieutenant George Richards of the U S Navy seeks an annulment from Frances Millis, daughter of Texas former Senator Mills, after alleging she has remained wife in name only since their December 28 1898 Washington marriage. She allegedly claimed a prem arital understanding to be absolved from real marriage.
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Trenton
Ohio
George Richards
United States Navy
Frances Millis
Mills
Texas
County Court of Common Pleas
Richards
Washington
Affinity Catches Another Lunatic Elopement Report
Lincoln Nebraska April 16 S BR Beman county possessor's office employee and Lennie Schaepe daughter of the elevator conductor in the federal building are missing. Beman is married and the pair are said to have eloped after a dance there was a blow up. The girl promised to end the acquaintance and renounced him in a letter. They disappeared Saturday and bought two tickets to Fairbury. The girl's father suspects a female friend aided in the plan.
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Neb
S. BR. Beman
Lennie Schaepe
Federal
Beman
Fairbury
Temperance beer touted by Chicago college dean
Dr. J E Siebel of the Zymo technic Institute in Chicago promises a temperance beer developed by scientific methods that mimics beer without alcohol. He notes alcohol has been eliminated and hopes this is temporary despite earlier claims about alcohol’s nutritive properties.
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Chicago
J. E. Siebel
Zymotechnic Institute
Congress Hotel
Siebel
Sherry Divorce Case Seeks Alimony and Fees
Papers in an absolute divorce were served on Louis Sherry the Fifth Avenue restaurateur and caterer to the four hundred. Justice Dowling was asked to grant $1 000 temporary alimony and counsel fees as the suit was revealed today. Sherry and his representatives avoided discussion of the case and could not be located. Wife occupies the Sherry apartments above the Fifth Avenue restaurant at Forty four.
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Sherrys
Fifth Naverns
Forty-fourth Street
Fire devastates East Boston. thousands homeless amid guard
A massive blaze leaves 10 000 people homeless in East Boston and damages 3650 acres. Officials report probable loss of life and call on Mayor Calle to request aid as military guards streets to maintain order.
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Boston
Calle
Great Chelsea Fire devastates Boston area and looms toll
An 3800 acre blaze devastated Chelsea and surrounding districts, displacing about 10 000 people and causing $6 000 000 in damage. Militia and marines guard the ruin as looting fears persist. Early reports list three dead, with many injured, and relief efforts underway including a $15 000 donation from Acting Governor Draper and aid pledges from other cities.
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Chelsea
Draper
Beck
Charlestown Navy Yard
State National Guard
Charlestown
O'Meara
Anna Gould Leap Year Proposal Stirs Betrothal Claim
New York April 15 Mme Anna Gould supposedly proposed to Prince Helie de Sagan, not the reverse, per G G Netter. Netter says the prince told him to publish when ships to Europe were at sea. They are reportedly betrothed.
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New York
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
G. G. Netter
Netter
Mme. Gould
Europe
Cambridge Fire Ravages City Amid 60 MPH Gale
A devastating blaze swept through Cambridge in a 40 mile per hour gale for over 12 hours, destroying banks, three quarters of churches, and most school houses. Firefighters from Chelsea and nearby cities battled the flames as the eclipse shaped fire spread across the city, with 13 churches and numerous buildings incinerated.
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Heston
Hyerett and
Chelsea Creek
Ho A. Spencer
Boston Blacking Company
West Third Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
Everett City
Maverick Street
Boston Fire Disaster Appeal Seeks Rapid Aid
Mayors Beck and McKinntock urge swift relief after a devastating city fire. Fifteen thousand homeless, twelve million dollars in property losses, and a nearly wiped out business district prompt an urgent appeal for subscriptions to Treasurer Frost.
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Thomas B. Frost
Chelsea Fire Crisis Spurs Martial Law and Shelter Efforts
Near 10 000 people homeless after Chelsea fire. Acting Governor Draper sends state charity representatives. Salvation Army and Associated Charities aid. Thousands housed in Boston buildings and unburned Chelsea halls. Martial law guards burned district. three bodies at North Grove morgue. Estimated total loss 7.5 to 10 million. insurance about 5 million.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
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New British Cabinet Follows Forecast as Appointments Announced
London April 15 Official announce ment confirms the new cabinet lineup matching prior forecast. Names include Asquith as prime minister Lloyd George as chancellor Crewe McKenna Churchill Runciman Morley Fowler and others, with peers retaining offices and several undersecretaries named for colonies war office and India.
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Daily Chronicle
Herbert H. Asquith
Treasury
David Lloyd George
Exchequer
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Earle of Crewe
Reginald McKenna
Admiralty
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Walter Runciman
Board of Education
John Morley
India
Sir Henry Fowler
Duchy of Lancaster
Jerely
Lord Lucas
War Office
F. D. Ackland
Thomas R. Buchanan
India Office
Schafer Town Burns in McKenzie County Fire
Williston N D April 15 The business district of Schafer the county seat of McKenzie county was destroyed by fire including the courthouse Only one large store remained intact in the town Fire officials expected to assess damages and search for the cause in the ruined streets
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Williston
N. D
Schafer
Mckenzie County
Men Strike Over Imported Labor at Mason City Brick Yard
Mason City Iowa April 15 strike called by Mason City Brick and Tile company workers over importation of 40 Austrian laborers. About a quarter of the 250 employees walked out as older workers refused to participate.
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Mason City Brick and ‘Tile Company
Earle Adorns NewAffair On Way to Monroe
Ferdinand Pinney Earle known for his affinity doctrine arrives in New York with his new wife en route to Monroe. Reporters mob him at the station and he strikes a reporter during a train-side confrontation amid renewed attention to his marriage and legal matters connected to his grandmother’s will.
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Ferdinand Pinney Marle
America
Monroe
N. Y
Khuarle
Quaker Hill
Fyrie
Farle
Elizabeth P. Earle
East Fifty-seventh St
Ferdinand Pinny Earle
Julia Kuttner
East Side
Earle
Miss Whattner
Hoboken
France
Miss Kuttner
Europe
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Paris
Friedrich der Grosse
Lilly V. Earle
Albert Kuttner
Jersey City
Prof U L Triggs Weds Affinity
Professor Oscar Lovell Triggs, famed for beliefs in affinities, marries Ada Belle Cox of Canton Ohio in Watsonville California. The marriage follows his sensational libel suit against the New York Sun over remarks about him and his former wife and child naming difficulties.
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Chicago
Oscar Lovell Triggs
Triggs
University of Chicago
Ada Bellecox
Canton
Ohio
Watsonville
Cal
New York Sun
Businessman killed by a pet poodle in Des Moines
Des Moines Indiana April 14 Harry L Hewitt vice president of the Charles Hewitt Wholesale Grocery company was fatally injured when a pet poodle ran into his bicycle on Grand Avenue He sustained a fractured shin and doctors held no hope for recovery The dog had one leg broken Hewitt 40 years old was a prominent local figure and a golfer and sports enthusiast
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Harry L. Hewitt
Chas. Hewitt Wholesale Grocery Company
Grand Avenue WI
Hewitt
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